Spindle



Sept. 8, 1925. 1,553,084

C. A. KENWQRTHY SPINDLE driginal Filed May 11, 1923 amwn'co Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

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@ srI vDLn Original application filed May. 11, 1923, Serial No. 638,412. Divided and this application filed February 21, 1925. Serial No. 10,896.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, CHARLES AUGUSTUS KENwonTrrY, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of-New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spindles, of which the following is av specification.

The invention relates to spindles or r011 ers, particularly such as are adapted to bear, rolled or, stored thereon, material which it is desired to store in rolled form until needed for use and then to be unro lled from the spindle and if desired rerolled thereupon, thisap'plication being, a division of application No. 638,412, filedMay 11, 1923.

One of the principal "objects ofthe invention is to] providefsugh a roller which may be easily and conveniently employed in connection with apparatus in which the material stored upon the roller is used, and which may be easily and quickly removed and replaced in a reversed position for rewinding the material thereon, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of various devices, elements and parts, as setforth in the claims hereof, one embodiment of the same being shown in the accompanying drawings and described in this specification.

In the said drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side view of a device embodying my invention, showing also a chuck engaging the same at one end (said chuck, however, being no part of my invention), the spindle, to save space in the drawing, being broken away near its central portion;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same;

Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views hereinafter more particularly described.

In carrying my invention into effect in the embodiment thereof which I have selected for illustration in the accompanying drawings and description in this specification, I provide a cylindrical shaft or body 20, of wood or any suitable material. At each end of the same is a metal can 21, shown in end view in Fig. 3. A pair of approximately semi-circular perforations 22 are provided in the end of the cap 21, separated by a cross-bar 23, in which is a perforation 2-l. In Figs. 1 and 2, a" chuck 25-is construction, is adapted to engage with the semi' circular perforations 22 in the end of the cap21. It will of course be understood that this chuck is adapted to be journaled in the frame of an apparatus in connection with which the spindle isbeing used, andtha'tthe outer end is adapted to engage with a crank or other suitable means (not shownin; the dmwings) for rotating the same,

Ialso provide a removable bearing-member adapted to engage with the end of the spindle not engaged by the chuck. The form of bearing-member shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is shown in perspective in Fig. 4. The same comprises a bearing-pin 26 and a disk 27, one end of the pin 26 being adapted to be inserted in the perforation 24 in one of the caps 21 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the other end to be inserted in a perforation or other suitable bearing in theapparatus with which the spindle is being used. The disk is adapted to prevent the pin 26 from extending too far into either of the said perforations, and thereby becoming disengaged at its other end.

The operation of this embodiment of my invention will be readily seen from what has been said with regard to the construction of the same. It will be understood that devices embodying the invention are intended for use in pairs, each of which will usually contain a portion of the material stored thereon, which material is to be wound from one spindle to the other and if desired rewound from the second back to the first. The spindles are intended to be used in connection with machines or apparatus of appropriate character, which comprise on one side a chuck adapted to engage with one end of a spindle placed in said machine and thereby rotate the said spindle, and on the other side a bearing adapted to receive the pin of the removable bearing-member and thereby support the other end of said spindle and permit the same to freely rotate. My improved spindle therefore is placed in such a machine, the cap 21 on one end being engaged by the chuck, and the pin of the removable bearing-member at the other end being inserted in the bearing in the said machine. The spindle is then in a position which permits it to be rotated by the chuck so as to wind up thereupon material which it is desired to store thereon, the other spindle, from which the material is being unwound, being free to rotate in a backward direction so as to permit the material to be unwound therefrom. Vi hen it is desired to rewind the material from the second spindle back on to the first spindle, both of the spindles may be removed from the machine, the removable bearingnnembers removed and placed on the opposite ends of the spindles, and the spindles reversed end for end, the second spindle then occupying the position formerly occupied by the first spindle, a removable bearing-member then engaging the cap on the end of the spindle formerly engaged by the chuck, and the chuck engaging a cap formerly engaged by a bearingmember, each end being equally well adapted for each of these purposes.

The advantages of my invention will also be obvious from what has been above said with regard to the construction and operation of the same.

I do not limit myself to the exact construction which I have shown and described,

as it is obvious that various modifications might be made in the same without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is as follows:

1. In a spindle, the combination with a shaft provided at each end with a member having a pair of approximately semi-circular openings adapted to be engaged by a forked chuck and having a centrally located opening; of a member adapted to engage with said central opening in one of said first named members not so engaged by a chuck and provided with a pin adapted to engage with a bearing in the apparatus with which said spindle is adapted to be used.

In a spindle, the combination with a shaft provided at each end with a member adapted to be engaged by a chuck; of a member comprising a disk and a pin therethrough, one end of which is adapted to engage with one of said first-named members not so engagel by a chuck and the other end with a bearing in the apparatus with which said spindle is adapted to be used,

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this day of January 1925.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS KENWORTHY. 

